Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Oracle•United States,

2d•$81,100 - $187,000

About The Position

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer designs and architects infrastructure and services to support reliability and functionality, forecasts demand and addresses capacity needs, and collaborates with software development teams to build reliable, scalable infrastructure. The role collects operational data, supports incident response and maintenance, reports on service health and performance, identifies automation opportunities, communicates service changes and their potential impact, documents incidents, and evaluates new tools and site reliability trends. The position administers Windows Server and Linux systems across production and non-production environments. It carries out structured builds and deployments, application installation and validation, environment-readiness checks, patching, system hardening, vulnerability remediation, and compliance-related configuration. The engineer investigates operating system, application, service, connectivity, and deployment issues using logs and diagnostic tools; supports cloud-hosted infrastructure; and participates in incident response, root-cause analysis, service restoration, scheduled maintenance, after-hours support, or on-call rotation as required. The role also maintains technical documentation, runbooks, implementation records, validation results, and escalation notes, while seeking ways to automate recurring work and improve operational processes. The position requires a bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience, plus at least three years of relevant technical experience. Oracle lists a U.S. hiring range of $81,100–$187,000 per annum; the role may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Three or more years of experience in site reliability engineering, systems administration, infrastructure operations, DevOps, cloud operations, production support, or a related technical field.
Hands-on experience administering Windows Server, Linux, or both.
Experience installing, configuring, validating, and troubleshooting applications in hosted environments.
Experience completing structured build, deployment, configuration, or maintenance activities from technical runbooks.
Ability to run, modify, or troubleshoot scripts using one or more of PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, or Chef.
Experience applying operating system, middleware, or application patches.
Understanding of maintenance windows, change control, rollback planning, and post-maintenance validation.
Working knowledge of networking concepts, including DNS, routing, firewalls, load balancers, ports, and certificates.
Familiarity with cloud-hosted infrastructure and services.
Experience with ticketing, incident-management, or change-management systems.
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
Clear written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to collaborate effectively across technical and client-facing teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Experience supporting Oracle Health Millennium or Cerner applications and environments.
Experience supporting federal clients, government-hosted systems, or regulated environments.
Familiarity with STIGs, vulnerability remediation, cybersecurity hardening, and federal compliance workflows.
Familiarity with OCI, scripting, federal compliance, healthcare, or Millennium environments.
Experience with Citrix technologies.
Experience supporting legacy systems or complex application architectures.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code or configuration-management tools.
Familiarity with production monitoring, alerting, centralized logging, and observability practices.
Experience with incident response, root-cause analysis, and SRE operational practices.
Knowledge of Oracle Database, SQL, middleware, or related Oracle technologies.
Relevant certifications in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Windows Server, Linux, networking, cybersecurity, or cloud computing.
Experience creating CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

Administer and support Windows Server and Linux systems in production and non-production environments.
Perform post-deployment configuration, application installation, service validation, and environment-readiness checks.
Execute structured build and deployment activities using approved runbooks, deployment guides, and change procedures.
Run, review, and troubleshoot scripts used for system configuration, deployments, patching, and validation.
Investigate operating system, service, application, installation, patching, startup, and connectivity issues.
Review logs, Windows Event Viewer, service status, permissions, processes, ports, certificates, and configuration files to identify and resolve problems.
Apply operating system, middleware, and application patches, including pre-maintenance checks, post-patch validation, and rollback support.
Support vulnerability remediation, system hardening, STIG implementation, and other compliance-driven configuration activities.
Troubleshoot network and service-connectivity issues involving DNS, routing, firewalls, load balancers, ports, and certificates.
Use diagnostic tools such as ping, traceroute, telnet, netcat, curl, nslookup, and netstat.
Support cloud-hosted infrastructure involving compute, storage, networking, identity, access management, and environment provisioning.
Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and service-restoration activities.
Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, implementation records, validation results, and escalation notes.
Identify opportunities to automate repetitive work, improve operational processes, and reduce recurring incidents.
Participate in scheduled maintenance windows, after-hours support, or an on-call rotation as required.
Design and architect infrastructure and services to support reliability and functionality; forecast demand and respond to capacity needs.
Collaborate with software development teams to develop reliable and scalable infrastructure.
Collect operational data, provide health and performance reporting, communicate service changes and potential impacts, and assess new tools and site reliability trends.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
Short-term disability and long-term disability.
Life insurance and AD&D.
Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
Flexible or accrued vacation, according to eligibility and employee classification.
11 paid holidays.
Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshed each calendar year, with unused balances carrying over up to a 112-hour maximum.
Paid parental leave.
Adoption assistance.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Financial planning and group legal benefits.
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
May be eligible for bonus and equity.